Transparency International Ukraine head reports he was attacked in Kyiv

Andriy Marusov, head of Ukrainian branch of Transparency International anti-corruption watchdog, says he was attacked twice late on July 15 in Kyiv, according to Kyiv Post.

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Marusov believes the incidents are connected with his professional activities as his laptop was stolen with a data about the current activity of Transparency International and the organization’s archive, Kyiv Post reported.

“I consider this as a pressure on Ukraine’s department of Transparency International related to its anti-corruption activity,” Marusov wrote on Facebook.

“I don’t believe these events just randomly coincided though I don’t have documented proof that robbery and attacks were intentionally directed,” said Marusov.

Earlier TI Ukraine condemned the return to his post of a military prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk, whom the National Anti-Corruption Bureau suspects of corruption and illegal enrichment.